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FOX News is all but confirmed as an alleged propaganda network. Not that anyone should be surprised, but recently revealed court documents show that the network’s anchors knew guests like Rudy Giuliani were spreading lies, and they continued to hand them megaphones anyway.
Rupert Murdoch and his talking heads at Fox News all knew how ridiculous Rudy Giuliani sounded, and knew how wrong the big lie was, but they helped spread it.
Fox News is just as responsible for what happened on January 6th. pic.twitter.com/LeGOceG3N1
— Really American
(@ReallyAmerican1) February 17, 2023
The documents (actually texts) are thanks to Dominion’s lawsuit against the network. In texts shared between racist FOX talking heads Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham, they confirm that they’re clearly aware the guests they have on their shows are right-wing “lunatics.”
Holy shit. Texts obtained from Dominion’s lawsuit against Fox News shows Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, and Laura Ingraham calling the right-wing guests on their own shows “F’ing lunatics,” “totally off the rails,” and “MIND BLOWINGLY NUTS.” (@oldmcdougall) https://t.co/WkgN0BQtFY
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) February 17, 2023
Reports CNN:
The most prominent stars and highest-ranking executives at Fox News privately ridiculed claims of election fraud in the 2020 election, despite the right-wing channel allowing lies about the presidential contest to be promoted on its air, damning messages contained in a Thursday court filing revealed.
The messages, included in a legal filing as part of Dominion Voting System’s $1.6 billion lawsuit against Fox News, showed that Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, and Laura Ingraham brutally mocked lies being pushed by former President Donald Trump’s camp asserting that the election was rigged.
In one set of messages revealed in the court filing, Carlson texted Ingraham, saying that Sidney Powell, an attorney who was representing the Trump campaign, was “lying” and that he had “caught her” doing so. Ingraham responded, “Sidney is a complete nut. No one will work with her. Ditto with Rudy [Giuliani].”
Also in the docs were references to a source who claimed to know of election fraud due to “time travel.” Nah, we’re not kidding—that is their source.
According to the Dominion lawsuit against Fox News, one of the sources for the network's "election fraud" information said she got her information from "experiencing something like time-travel in a semi-conscious state" that allows her to "see what others don't see." pic.twitter.com/oFexxz01L9
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) February 17, 2023
While MAGA Twitter is doing all types of gymnastics to try to dismiss these latest revelations, FOX News is trending for all the wrong reasons. Like seriously, why is that network still getting press credentials?
Peep some of the more potent Sly Fox News slander and observations of the elite hypocrisy in the gallery.
1. Standards?
This is also really remarkable and distinguishes Fox News from actual news organizations. I've asked Fox for years what the network's editorial standards are. Apparently, they don't have any written down. pic.twitter.com/mWlnpvZ8ku
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) February 17, 2023
2.
So Fox News folks admit they knew Biden was legitimately elected, but their viewers didn’t want to hear that, so instead of figuring out ways to persuade their viewers, they just accommodated the lie, and spread it more. This is exactly what they are trying to do to our schools.
— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) February 17, 2023
3.
Fox News has been revealed as a “propaganda network”? NO. WAY.
— Tara Dublin (@taradublinrocks) February 17, 2023
4.
your reminder that Elon Musk is not an engineer, Donald Trump is not a successful businessman, and Fox News is not news
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) February 17, 2023
5.
Dear Fox “News” viewers,
Everyone at that network thinks you’re stupid.
From the executives to the hosts – they’re all lying to you & laughing at you at the same time.They all knew the Big Lie was bullsh*t.
But they pushed it anyway.
And you don’t even seem to care.Pathetic.
— Jo
(@JoJoFromJerz) February 17, 2023
6.
This filing in the Dominion lawsuit against Fox News is one of the most remarkable documents I've ever seen. Filled with private texts between Fox stars like Hannity and Carlson, plus Murdoch, all admitting they knew Fox's stolen election claims were lies. https://t.co/F5VTxc3w3C
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) February 17, 2023
7.
What we've learned from the Dominion case about Fox News hosts knowingly pushing out Trump's Big Lie on election fraud to their audiences, knowing it wasn't true while stoking the flames, should lead to a real reckoning. This is not the free press the Founding Fathers envisioned. https://t.co/1Io7CkJsBK
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) February 17, 2023
8.
In a sane reality, a scandal like this would grind any network to a halt.
Fox News execs and anchors—including Rupert Murdoch, Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, and Laura Ingraham—privately condemned Trump’s election lies even as they pushed them and cracked down on fact-checking.
— Ahmed Baba (@AhmedBaba_) February 17, 2023
9.
Asking “why won’t Joe Biden go on Fox News” is like asking “why won’t Joe Biden speak at CPAC.”
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) February 17, 2023
10.
Fox News is going to need to mint a quadrillion dollar platinum coin of its own to pay the libel judgment it will owe to Dominion Voting Systems https://t.co/hHc8XqgXk0
— David Frum (@davidfrum) February 17, 2023
11.
After years of Trump and republicans calling CNN and MSNBC “Fake News,” it turns out that Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham and Fox News are the real “FAKE NEWS.” It’s literally proven in court documents!
Say it with me now: “Fox News is Fake News!”
— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) February 17, 2023
12.
fox news messages underscore a point made previously by many but worth repeating: the baseless attacks conservative media levels at everyone else — that we're actually political operatives who prioritize agenda & narrative over facts — are in fact true of… conservative media
— Wesley (@WesleyLowery) February 17, 2023
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